Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Copycat Mall Pretzels

Happy New Year friends! I hope 2013 is treating you well. Yesterday was filled with college football goodness. Since I was camping out on the couch watching TV most of the afternoon, earlier that morning I tried to get lunch prepped and ready to go. Who wants to sacrifice crucial #okstate game time? That’s right, no one!

I have found a pretzel recipe on Pinterest that I have made on several different occasions and I am very pleased with. They remind me of the pretzel shops you see in shopping malls. If you give these pretzels a try, your house will smell amazing! Mine do not turn out that pretty but they are so yummy.

Copycat Mall Pretzels

Ingredients:

3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons table salt

Rock Salt for topping

1 teaspoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon butter (melted)

3/4 cup + 1 tablespoons powdered sugar

1 tablespoon + ½ teaspoon active dry yeast

1 ¼ cups + 2 tablespoons warm water

Directions:

Prepare yeast as instructed on the packet

Add oil to the yeast and stir.

In a separate bowl mix place powdered sugar, butter, flour and salt. Mix to combine.

Place yeast mixture into the dry ingredient bowl.

Flour a surface and knead the dough mixture for about 10 minutes. (I use my KitchenAid mixer with the dough hook attachment and mix until the dough is formed into a ball around the hook)

Place dough in a covered bowl and let it rest for about an hour at 80 degrees. The dough should double in size.

Preheat oven at 425

Take the dough and cut into 8 sections. Roll into a long rope and twist the dough into the pretzel shape.

Prepare a baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 tbsp baking soda.